hungry

adjective

hun·gry | \ˈhəŋ-grē

hungrier; hungriest

Definition of hungry

1a : feeling an uneasy or painful sensation from lack of food : feeling hunger

b : characterized by or characteristic of hunger or appetite a wolf with hungry eyes

2a : eager, avid hungry for affection

b : strongly motivated (as by ambition) hungry investors a power-hungry politician

3 : not rich or fertile : barren a hungry soil

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Examples of hungry in a Sentence

There are millions of hungry people throughout the world. That girl is always hungry. The prisoners' families were hungry for more information. They were hungry to learn more.

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The mystery lies in the fact that big brains are hungry. — Cathleen O'grady, Ars Technica, "The evolutionary mystery of gigantic human brains," 23 Aug. 2018 The Dash knows that the Pride will be hungry to avenge its loss from last time. — Parth Upadhyaya, Houston Chronicle, "Dash look to break season series tie with Orlando Pride," 11 July 2018 Aledo The Bearcats had a bit of a hiccup last season in the state championship game, but are hungry to get back on top. — Brian Gosset, star-telegram, "Best of the best: DFW's Top 10 football teams in 2018," 6 July 2018 The recent success of shows like Big Little Lies, Dietland–also created by Noxon–and Killing Eve prove how hungry audiences are for complex female characters, even ones as tortured as Camille and her kin. — Eliana Dockterman, Time, "It’s Hard to Watch Sharp Objects, and Even Harder to Look Away," 28 June 2018 Officials say the truck was air conditioned and the 55 people inside had water, but were hungry. — Rebecca Bratek, CBS News, "Man delivers pizza to immigrants found in semi-truck in San Antonio," 14 June 2018 Half the crew & corpsmen & soldiers are sick. Ate double chow for dinner was so hungry. — Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press, "Service Diary of a Corpsman: Roy L. Wall, LST 509," 28 May 2018 Providing meals for free should make sure that no students are hungry while in school and also speed up cafeteria lines, giving youngsters more time to eat their meals, Lake officials said. — Leslie Postal, OrlandoSentinel.com, "Lake schools to offer free meals to all students next school year," 18 May 2018 Luckily, the cheetahs were not hungry but simply protecting their territory, safari park manager Niels de Wildt told a Dutch radio station. — National Geographic, "Family Chased by Cheetahs Highlights Dangers of Wildlife Parks," 11 May 2018

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